John Madden (hurler)

John Madden, born on 13 February 1968 in Lorrha, County Tipperary, is an Irish hurling selector and former player whose championship career with the Tipperary senior team lasted three years from 1989 to 1991. He first appeared at underage level with the Lorrha-Dorrha club and won a North Tipperary championship medal with its senior team in 1989. Picked on the Tipperary minor panel at sixteen, he was added to the under-21 panel in 1988 and claimed Munster and All-Ireland medals in the grade in 1989. Added to the senior panel in 1989, he won his first All-Ireland medal that year as a non-playing substitute and his second in 1991, again as a non-playing substitute, and played his last game for Tipperary in July 1991. As a selector he helped the Portumna senior team win the All-Ireland title in 2014 and was appointed a selector with the Tipperary senior team in 2015, after managing the Silvermines senior team.